Mother of Bondi stabbing victim pleads for more support A disjointed mental health sector means people are falling through the cracks, with the level of care dependent on where you live, a grieving mother says. AAP · Jul 3, 2024
Nine independent MPs and Greens back UN call for Australia to ban fossil fuel advertising ‘The industry is rapidly strangling our planet,’ says Andrew Wilkie, who joins Allegra Spender, Sophie Scamps, Zali Steggall and Monique Ryan in call for ban The Guardian - AU · Jun 6, 2024
Climate shuffles forward as a major election priority Climate action is set to be a major election battleground as the coalition puts the finishing touches on its nuclear policy and Climate 200 lists target seats. AAP · May 24, 2024
Crossbenchers demand pardon for whistleblower McBride Thirty crossbench and Greens parliamentarians are demanding the man sentenced to prison after helping expose allegations of war crimes be pardoned. AAP · May 16, 2024
Call for rebates to help apartment dwellers go green People who live in apartments are less likely to benefit from solar power or efficient electric appliances and they need targeted help, a conference has heard. AAP · Apr 18, 2024
The Nightly gives Gerry Harvey space to take a swipe at arch rival Online newspaper gives one of its biggest advertisers the chance to outline his dim view of Temu. Plus: Peter Greste story gets the film treatment The Guardian - AU · Mar 15, 2024
Liberals pick management consultant Simon Kennedy for Cook byelection The party misses the chance to have a female candidate in the safe seat vacated by former prime minister Scott Morrison The Guardian - AU · Mar 4, 2024
'They'll never change': PM goes on attack over tax cuts Anthony Albanese has launched a full-throated attack against the coalition after it loudly complained and then quickly capitulated over changes to tax cuts. AAP · Feb 7, 2024
Tax changes spark calls for complete system redesign Half of the nation's high-income earners back Labor's proposed tax changes as analysis shows most of the benefits will still flow to the rich. AAP · Jan 30, 2024
Israel can only be free when Palestine is: Bowen Australia has welcomed the release of hostages under a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, as more rallies take place across the country. AAP · Nov 26, 2023
View from The Hill: as war rages in the Middle East, Australian parliamentarians try to promote understanding In federal parliament, there are “friendship” groups for almost everything, from AUKUS to arthritis, and for many countries. The Conversation · Nov 17, 2023
Afternoon Update: Australia welcomes Xi-Biden meeting; young Australians cancel streaming; and McDonald’s loses ‘Big Jack’ fight The world’s most powerful leaders hold talks in San Francisco in a bid to stabilise US-China relations The Guardian - AU · Nov 16, 2023
Teal MPs call for national road-user charges after high court shuts down Victoria’s EV tax ‘We need … to maintain our roads in a way that’s fair, and aimed at helping, not hindering, electrification of transport’, says Monique Ryan The Guardian - AU · Oct 19, 2023
Energy consumer lobby calls for Australia-wide ban on gas connections in new homes The group also wants governments to develop a plan to electrify all existing properties The Guardian - AU · Oct 3, 2023
The Guardian - AU · Sep 20, 2023 ‘It’s bunkum’: former Liberal party director and John Howard chief of staff dismisses no campaign arguments Tony Nutt says the voice to parliament is just, practical and constitutionally safe, a view at odds with the former leader he served for a decade
The Guardian - AU · Sep 13, 2023 ‘Hi it’s Jacinta Price’: Liberal anti-voice mass text campaign branded ‘deceptive’ by teals Australian Electoral Commission says texts purporting to be from no campaign leader are legal, but MPs say they are ‘predatory’
The Guardian - AU · Aug 26, 2023 Victorian Liberals claim safe seat – as it happened This blog is now closed
The Guardian - AU · Jul 30, 2023 Noel Pearson urges voters to ‘let go of your political party affiliations’ and vote yes for Indigenous voice Yes campaigners will target Liberal, National and teal voters ahead of the referendum
The Guardian - AU · Jul 29, 2023 NSW MP Alex Greenwich warns voice supporters against complacency in call to ‘actively participate’ Independent says voter turnout must be high ahead of Sunday forum including Noel Pearson and MPs Allegra Spender and Felicity Wilson in Bondi
The Guardian - AU · Jun 21, 2023 Teal MPs criticise Greens’ ‘short-sighted’ opposition to Labor’s planned nature repair market Kylea Tink says the Greens are ‘cutting off their nose to spite their face’, but Sarah Hanson-Young says ‘Green Wall Street is not what nature needs’
The New Daily · Jun 21, 2023 Electrifying call for national ban on gas to new homes Ban gas connections to new homes and set a date for ending residential gas use instead of "enthusiastic inaction" on transition, critics are urging Labor.
AAP · Jun 14, 2023 'Slow motion car crash': MPs call for housing summit A citizens' assembly could end a decades-long impasse on housing affordability policy, federal crossbenchers say.
The Conversation · May 30, 2023 Will Albanese live up to his own promises to end pork-barrelling? There is a sliver of hope Like Kevin Rudd before him, Anthony Albanese is taking an odd approach to evidence.
ABC News · May 3, 2023 Australia's budget is a 'hell of a mess'. The government is not collecting enough, and you are paying too much The government is not collecting enough money, and you are paying too much, says the former Treasury boss.
The Guardian - AU · May 2, 2023 Coalition’s $50 jobseeker rise more generous than Labor’s proposal, Pocock says Albanese government risks being unfavourably compared to the Morrison government if it does not raise the payment for all, the key independent says